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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 15, 2022 13:50:40 GMT
Cars... true but we don't race them do we??
But yes we all get causght up in the latest kit. Not even sport. Dad had several systems of pretty much top end HiFi, not stupid stuff at say £10,000 for a piece of kit but certainly above the best budget stuff and he did have an amplifier which was thousands even 15 years ago. But then he knew music and could legitimately claim some level of professionalism in music production. For me.. I have about 10% at best of his ear for production quality so I avoid the arms race in HiFi.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2022 14:14:26 GMT
It's quite easy to convince yourself that having a better (insert whatever) is going to significantly improve your life. Usually, it doesn't much. Cars are a good example really, unless the new one is very much better at doing whatever you want to do with it than the old one, it fairly quickly occupies the same slot and function in your life that its predecessor did.
I've enjoyed the two Merc estates that I've had, but they don't really do much more than the Mondeo estates that I had before them. I like the one I have, but it doesn't especially make me happier or more efficient. However, I'm fairly much at peace with my shallowness I suppose.
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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 15, 2022 17:22:01 GMT
I have been driving the Punto these last few weeks. Now I know why I drive more modern and better cars. I spent yesterday driving about 35 minutes each way to and from a meeting onthe other side of Manchester via the M60. A totally easy trip in anything vaguely modern and new. But the drone and general lack of sophistication meant I got home feeling exhausted. So I know why I buy a better car, it's because I need it. But a Polo would have done the job very well so anything bigger/better would not have enhanced my experience.
So looking forward to my new car...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 21:19:10 GMT
I have an old Nissan pickup truck. It's so old I don't even know if it has a model name/number. But it's old, ugly, metal (no body plastic at all) and battered with some kind of V6 engine in it. I use it when either going somewhere bad/unsafe or when I am carrying something vile which I prefer not to have anywhere near a car I value. [If I had my way that would include the MiL]
It's pretty miserable on the freeway, but it is freedom personified in town. Other drivers don't even want their cars on the same road as mine, never mind risk competing for a space. I drove how and where I wish with total disregard for others as all the posh cars scatter as soon as they see me. It's much like Moses and the Red Sea.
I find it quite liberating and cathartic.
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Post by Alanović on Feb 16, 2022 8:47:51 GMT
Pictures please.
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Post by Humph on Feb 16, 2022 8:54:01 GMT
An old friend of mine has an ancient Volvo estate ( 740 I think ) that is a bit like that. I think the polite term is patinated.
It’s not his only car, in fact he has a rather nice, relatively new Porsche 911 too. But he says the old Volvo is the one he tends to use the most.
Bikes, boards etc.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2022 13:21:25 GMT
Better sports kit certainly improves performance, but there is the law of diminishing returns. You can gain most of the advantage with only a small amount of the spend. The really high spend is to eke out the tiniest performance gains which most do not have the ability to realise.
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Post by WDB on Feb 16, 2022 20:09:15 GMT
There’s a converse argument that the best sportspeople can still do well with rudimentary kit. Bradman used a tiny cricket bat that would feel puny and rock-hard to anyone used to modern willow, yet achieved results that will never be matched — especially by me, although I have much better equipment. I just reckon I need all the help I can get.
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Post by Humph on Feb 16, 2022 21:52:11 GMT
How hard can it be? All you have to do, as far as I can see anyway, is hit a wee ball chucked by another bloke you can clearly see from a short distance away. You know exactly what he’s aiming for, and you know exactly when he’s going to throw it. Can’t be all that difficult can it? Then, you might have to trot a few yards when you’ve hit it. Can’t be too challenging you’d think…but on the days that it is all a bit much, you can still hang on to the thought that when it all gets too tiring, someone will pour you a nice cup of tea… 😈
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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 17, 2022 16:41:17 GMT
I'm sure England's best captain was Scottish.....
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